What's Available to Stream This November on KCET
Among our content lineup this November, KCET pays tribute to the culture, heritage and narratives of America's Indigenous people with eye-opening and illuminating programs all month long.
Many of these programs below are available to watch on the free PBS app.
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Saturday, Nov. 6
Native America – begins 12 p.m.
A four-part series that challenges everything we thought we knew about the Americas before and since contact with Europe. Watch Now.
POV: North By Current – 11 p.m.
Filmmaker and artist Angelo Madsen Minax returns to his rural Michigan hometown after the death of his young niece. Decades of home movies and ethereal narration reflect on struggles with grief and addiction as Madsen examines family, faith, and transgender identity. Watch Now.
Sunday, Nov. 7
Independent Lens: The Cleaners – 12 :30 a.m.
"The Cleaners" exposes the dark side of information technology. Meet the Filipino workers who comb through thousands of online images in the dark of night to monitor and delete offensive, pornographic, and incendiary posts. Watch Now.Chasing Voices – 4 p.m.
A look into the work of John Peabody Harrington, an ethnologist who crisscrossed the U.S. to chase the voices of the last speakers of Native America's dying languages. Watch Now.
Friday, Nov. 12
On Story: A Conversation with Lawrence Kasdan – 10:35 p.m.
Lawrence Kasdan, screenwriter of The Big Chill, The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark and many more, remembers the creative process behind some of his greatest films and getting to the heart of a story. Watch Now.
Saturday, Nov. 13
Independent Lens: Ferguson Rises – 11 p.m.
Michael Brown Sr.'s son was killed in 2014 by white police officer Darren Wilson, an event that fueled the global Black Lives Matter movement. But his personal story seeking justice and healing has not been told until now. Watch Now.
Sunday, Nov. 14
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World – 12:30 a.m.
Discover how Native American musicians have transformed American blues, jazz and rock in this musical celebration featuring Robbie Robertson, Taj Mahal, Slash, Jackson Browne, Taboo, Quincy Jones, Tony Bennett, Iggy Pop, Steven Tyler and more. Watch Now.Searching for Sequoyah – 4 p.m.
Spanning two countries and three Cherokee nations, go on a journey through the life and death of Sequoyah. Learn more about Sequoyah through the written language he created for the Cherokee people, interviews with his descendants, cave writings depictions, and more. Watch Preview.
Tending Nature: Indigenous Land Stewardship – 8 p.m.
A special highlighting voices from Indigenous communities across California who are striving to keep the practices of their heritage alive. The documentary shares how traditional practices can be protected and maintained as a way of life for future generations. Watch Preview.
Saturday, Nov. 20
VOCES: American Exile – 10 p.m.
Two Mexican American brothers — both decorated Vietnam veterans — find themselves facing deportation. They don their uniforms for one last fight — to "leave no soldier behind" and bring the plight of deported veterans to the White House. Watch Preview.
Independent Lens: Storm Lake – 11 p.m.
Go inside The Storm Lake Times, a Pulitzer-winning newspaper serving an Iowa town that has seen its share of changes. Editor Art Cullen and his family dedicate themselves to keeping the paper alive as local journalism across the country dies out. Watch Preview.
Sunday, Nov. 21
WBCN and the American Revolution – 12:30 a.m.
The extraordinary history of the radical, underground radio station, and the personal and political journeys of characters who connect and intersect through the radio station. Watch Preview.
Almost An Island – 4 p.m.
A cinematic portrait of the Goodwins, an Inupiat family living above the Arctic Circle in Kotzebue, Alaska. Watch Now.
Wednesday, Nov. 24
Great Performances: San Francisco Symphony Reopening Night – 10 p.m.
Celebrate opening night of San Francisco Symphony’s 109th season as it welcomes its new Grammy-winning music director Esa-Pekka Salonen, featuring music by John Adams, Esperanza Spalding and Wayne Shorter and performances by Alonzo King LINES Ballet.
Saturday, Nov. 27
Independent Lens – Home From School: The Children of Carlisle – 11 p.m.
A delegation of Northern Arapaho tribal members, travel from Wyoming to Pennsylvania to retrieve remains of three children who died at Carlisle Indian Industrial School in the 1880s. Watch Preview.
